Emily Osment

Emily Jordan Osment (born March 10, 1992) is an American actress, singer and songwriter, and the younger sister of actor Haley Joel Osment.

She began her career as a child actress, appearing in many commercials and guest-starring on television shows such as Friends. In 2002 and 2003 she played Gerti Giggles in the second and third Spy Kids films, winning a Young Artist Award for the first of those roles. From 2006 to 2011 she played Lilly Truscott, the lead character's best friend, on the Disney Channel series Hannah Montana, and she also appeared in Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009); the show's premiere set a Disney Channel ratings record of 5.4 million viewers.

In 2011 she starred in the television film Cyberbully, and from 2014 to 2018 she led the series Young & Hungry, earning three Teen Choice Award nominations. From 2018 to 2021 she had a recurring role on the Netflix series The Kominsky Method, sharing two Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. In 2022 she joined Young Sheldon as the weather presenter Mandy McAllister, and since 2024 she has starred in its spin-off, Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage.

In music, she first drew attention with songs recorded for her Disney projects, such as her 2007 duet with Mitchel Musso, "If I Didn't Have You". After signing with Wind-up Records in 2009 she released the EP All the Right Wrongs (2009) and her only studio album, Fight or Flight (2010). She later began releasing music under the name Bluebiird, putting out the EP When I Loved You in 2019.